X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is an analytical technique that has been developed over the last thirty years to analyse a variety of materials. These three handbooks contain an invaluable collection of research grade XPS Spectra with each one concentrating on a specific family of materials (the elements and their native oxides, semiconductors and polymers).

Each handbook is complete, self contained, and includes comprehensive notes on the instruments and instrumental conditions used in recording the spectra as well as details of experimental procedures. Transmission functions, resolution settings and characteristics, energy reference considerations, traceability and calibration details are all covered. The spectra contain many peak fits and fully annotated wide scans with tabulated numerical quantitative summaries. The spectra are presented one spectrum per page in landscape format.

Energy resolution settings, instrument characteristics, energy referencing methods, traceability, energy scale calibration details, and transmission function are all reported. The XPS signals in the wide scan survey spectra are fully annotated and are accompanied by detailed atom % tables that report BEs for each of the labeled peaks. The XPS signals in the high-energy resolution spectra are peak-fitted. Binding Energies (BEs), FWHMs, and relative signal percentages are printed on each high energy resolution spectrum.

Each handbook includes a 20 page introductory section about the XPS instrument used and discusses

Instrument Details
Experimental Details
Data Processing Details
Sample Details
Source of Elements and Chemical Compounds
Source of Polymer Materials
Source of Alloys
Source of Semi-Conductor Materials
Source of Commercially Pure Binary Oxides
Powdered Samples Pressed into 3 mm Diameter Pellets
Benefits of Pressing Powders into Pellets
Problems Caused by Pressing Samples into Pellets
Solution to Pressure Induced Contamination of Pellets
Source of Pellet Press Equipment
Energy Resolution Details
Energy Scale Reference Energies and Calibration Details
Reference Energies of Adventitious Hydrocarbon Contaminants
Instrument Stability and Long Term Energy Scale Calibration
Electron Counting and Instrument Response Function Details
Instrument Response Function
Signal / Background Ratios for Ion Etched Silver (Ag)
Effects of Poorly Focusing the Distance between the Sample and the Electron Lens
Quantitation Details and Choice of "Sensitivity Exponent"
Crude Tests of the Reliability of Relative Sensitivity Factors
Traceability Details
Traceability of Reference Binding Energies (Calibration)
Traceability Transfer from Pure Metals to Non-Conductive Binary Oxides
Traceability of Relative Sensitivity Factors used for Quantitation
Traceability of Sample Purity
Reference Papers Describing the X-Probe, M-Probe, and S-Probe XPS Systems